Incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Karen Willey has won the District 3 seat and will continue serving on the commission. On Tuesday, Willey received 7,008 votes against Republican Pam McDermott, who won a total of 5,266 votes. District 3 is the largest Douglas County Commission district by geographic area. The district includes the western portion of Lawrence, the city of Lecompton and the entirety of five ...
UPDATED 5 p.m., Nov. 4 Monday was the last chance for advance voting in Douglas County, and the county clerk reports record turnout. For much of the morning on Monday, the line of people to vote at the Douglas County Elections Office at 23rd and Louisiana streets stretched out the door and onto the sidewalk. County Clerk Jamie Shew reported that after the election office closed to in-person advance voting at ...
An open house will be held to discuss a stormwater management plan for a large solar project in Douglas County on Wednesday. The Kansas Sky Energy Center plans to install 8 million square feet of solar panels on approximately 600 acres of farmland in the Kansas River valley, located in northern Douglas County. This project, which has been controversial among county residents, requires two approvals from the ...
There was no lightning in the sky during Lawrence's rainy women's rights rally on Saturday, but you might have heard a thunderous chant at the end: "We're not going back!" It came from the dozens of people leaving South Park carrying their umbrellas, lawn chairs and signs — a slogan that has defined Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, and a slogan that Johnson County LGBTQ+ activist Jae Moyer ...
Floodwater management and controlling invasive species of plants are a couple of the challenges at the Baker Wetlands that Baker University's new nonprofit partnerships are aiming to address. Earlier this month, Baker University announced its partnerships with Ducks Unlimited and the Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams, or KAWS. It also announced the hiring of a full-time wetlands director with expertise ...
After Monday's announcement that the current Douglas County Commission may approve a large-scale solar project by year's end, many of the candidates running for the commission have concerns about taking action on it before the new members are seated. The two incumbents in the race, meanwhile, say they don't see a need to alter the timeline, and one of them said to do so would be "irresponsible." As the ...